Sea of Marmara

Sea of Marmara

English

Etymology

Marmara is named after Marmara Island, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, “marble”).

Map of the Sea of Marmara

Proper noun

Sea of Marmara

1. A deep inland sea in north-western Turkey connecting the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea via the straits of Bosphorus and Dardanelles.

Synonyms

• Marmara
• Propontis

Translations

a deep inland sea in north-western Turkey

Armenian: Մարմարա ծով (Marmara cov) Chinese: Mandarin: 馬爾馬拉海 (zh), 马尔马拉海 (zh) (Mǎ'ěrmǎlā Hǎi) Danish: Marmarahavet Faroese: Marmarahavið n Finnish: Marmaranmeri (fi) French: mer de Marmara (fr) f Greek: Θάλασσα του Μαρμαρά (el) f (Thálassa tou Marmará), Προποντίδα (el) f (Propontída) Ancient: Προποντίς f (Propontís) Irish: Muir Mharmara f Kazakh: Мәрмәр теңізі (Märmär teñızı) Kumyk: Мармар денгизи (Marmar deñizi) Latin: Propontis f Lithuanian: Marmuro jūra Maltese: Baħar Marmara Ottoman Turkish: مرمره دڭزی‎ (Marmara deñizi) Persian: دریای مرمره‎ (daryâ-ye marmare) Polish: Morze Marmara n Portuguese: Mar de Mármara m, Mar de Mármora m Romanian: Marea Marmara Russian: Мра́морное мо́ре n (Mrámornoje móre) Serbo-Croatian: Mramorno more Slovak: Marmarské more Spanish: mar de Mármara m Swedish: Marmarasjön (sv) c Turkish: Marmara Denizi (tr)